Shadow And Bone

Luke Steward was a well-known character in the small Ludwit City. A famous drunkard who roamed the streets reckoning of alcohol. However, this could not be farther from the truth. The man that the people of Ludwit City saw was nothing more than a facade. In reality, Luke was one of the Aurora Continent's most infamous villains, Shadow, who was now hiding in the small town of a remote kingdom. Three years ago, he had been cornered by a powerful organization and was forced to sacrifice his power and seal his cultivation in order to survive. Luke, who did not consider himself a villain, but a misunderstood hero, must now complete his goals while keeping his identity hidden. How far will he be willing to go in order to enforce his twisted sense of justice?

When the world’s most feared assassin, known only as “Rhok The Nameless” is betrayed by their employer and killed in a trap, they expect to find eternal peace or at least oblivion. Instead, they wake up in a medieval fantasy world with a System interface embedded in their consciousness. The System "Abyss Engine" is a sarcastic, overly enthusiastic AI with a penchant for dark humor. Now trapped in a world of swords, magic, and kingdoms at war, Rhok must navigate this strange new reality using the skills of an assassin and a unique cheat ability that allows them to steal the abilities of those they kill. But with the System constantly cracking jokes, ancient gods watching their every move, and their brutal past catching up to them in unexpected ways, Shadow quickly realizes that in this world, death might have been the easy part.

In the Azure Sky Continent, true power lies not in personal cultivation, but in the spirit beasts one commands. A tamer without beasts is worthless—mocked, forgotten, and powerless. Jiang Chen, a wandering Foundation Establishment cultivator with zero contracted beasts, is branded the ultimate trash. No one suspects the impossible truth: he is the reincarnation of the Primordial Beast Sovereign, the legendary emperor who once ruled the continent with ten Celestial Divine Beasts at his side. Betrayed and slain a thousand years ago by the jealous Shadow Alliance, his soul has returned—awakened by the mysterious Primordial Beast Sanctuary System. All Jiang Chen desires is a quiet, low-profile life. The system, however, has grander plans: establish a sect, recruit disciples, contract legendary beasts, and reclaim the throne he lost. Reluctantly, he founds the tiny Heavenly Beast Peak Sect in the remote Misty Jade Mountains, accepting only the “talentless trash” discarded by greater powers. Yet miracles follow his every step. The blacksmith’s son awakens a Thunder Wing Eagle. The herbalist’s daughter bonds with a healing Jade Leaf Deer. A disgraced noble commands a primordial Blazing Mane Lion. A merchant’s daughter freezes battlefields with her Frost Wing Butterfly. His enigmatic senior disciple, the breathtaking Qing Yao, hides an even greater secret—she is his loyal Azure Dragon from his past life, now in human form and fiercely determined to stand as his wife. As the unknown sect rises impossibly fast, dominating tournaments and revolutionizing beast taming with forbidden techniques—beasts powering automated forges, farms, and defenses—Jiang Chen’s peaceful dreams shatter. Old enemies awaken. The Shadow Alliance hunts once more. And the continent itself begins to tremble. The forgotten sovereign has returned—and this time, he will not fall alone.

Jay was the shadow behind the world’s brightest stars. Armed with a psychological framework known as the "Vulnerability and Value System," he could turn a nobody into a god, and a king into a beggar. Betrayed by his mentor and erased from the world, Jay was left with zero dollars and a burning thirst for vengeance. Now, starting from the literal gutter, Jay is building a new empire. His first asset? A janitor with a golden voice and a dark past. His first soldier? A disgraced journalist with a vendetta. But as Jay claws his way back to the top of the entertainment industry, he discovers his former agency is just the bottom rung of a terrifying global cabal that treats human beings as literal stocks. To win, Jay must become the most ruthless architect the world has ever seen. The market is open. And Jay is about to short-sell the world.

Richard Williams was the man who had everything, brilliance, wealth, and a family that should have been his pride. Until the night of his daughter’s third birthday, when his wife’s family branded him a fraud, stripped him of dignity, and sent him to prison for crimes he did not commit. But Richard was no ordinary billionaire. Behind the walls of betrayal, he had hidden empires, untraceable fortunes, and a mind sharper than any blade. Now free, masked by a new identity, Richard returns. Not as the man they destroyed, but as the shadow they never saw coming. His wife has taken another man’s arm, his daughter has been taught to despise him, and the vultures of society have moved on. He has returned for vengeance, redemption, and the one thing money can’t buy his daughter.

The story is a dark, urban-dystopian fantasy following Matteo, a haunted assassin armed with a mysterious relic known only as the Confessor’s Blade. In a city where Syndicate operatives and supernatural Wraiths have a hold. Matteo wages a war against corruption, violence, and the shadows of his own past. Every step is a test of his skill and speed, and of his conscience. The relic guides him, enhancing his reflexes and intuition. Alongside him, a hooded, figure appears, offering cryptic counsel and subtle aid, hinting at divine forces shaping Matteo’s path. As Matteo fights through Syndicate lieutenants, monstrous Wraiths, and colossal shadow creatures, the story explores the weight of personal guilt, the cost of vengeance, and the choices that define one’s soul. Each battle is as much internal as external—forcing Matteo to confront his sins while saving innocents.

Aren was born with nothing. No family, no talent and no future. In a world where monsters rule the wilderness and strength determines worth, he survives as a gravekeeper in the slums, burying the forgotten dead while enduring the scorn of the living. When a hunting expedition leaves him behind as bait for a monstrous Shadow Wolf, Aren expects to die. Instead, he awakens an ancient power, a power that allows him to absorb the abilities of monsters and evolve beyond human limits. With every Beast Core he devours, he inherits fragments of forbidden memories. Memories that reveal a terrifying truth. That monsters are not humanity's greatest enemy. As darkness spreads across the world and ancient secrets awaken, Aren must rise from a ridiculed nobody to humanity's last hope. To save the world, he must become the very thing everyone fears. The Monster Slayer.

From being a nobody—a live-in husband, slapped for clean floors, bankrupted and humiliated, watched while his family was almost destroyed—Adrian Cole had nothing. Until the fire. Until the Alchemist Ledger, a system that escaped from hell appeared. Now, every dying soul is a number, every death a payout. Touch the dying, see their fate, and earn real money. A balance sheet of life and death. But the more he lets fall, the louder Shadow grows—the whispering, vengeful voice of all those ferried souls, demanding justice. Adrian must choose: watch the world die for profit and face an unstoppable darkness… or save the helpless and watch himself age from within, powerless and broke. Every choice costs. Every choice shapes him. What kind of man will he become?

When King Alden is murdered on his own throne, the royal court fractures overnight. Prince Elias inherits not just a crown, but a nest of enemies: his uncle Alaric moving soldiers in the shadows, nobles who trade loyalty for coin, and spies who turn every whisper into a weapon. Elias is young, untested, and torn between justice and survival. To protect the realm, he must learn faster than his enemies expect—burning illegal armories, unmasking traitors inside the council, and wielding deception as keenly as steel. But every victory costs him: friends, innocence, even mercy. “Trust no shadow,” his father warned—and in this game, even his closest adviser carries secrets that could shatter him. If Elias cannot master the game of knives played around his table, the city will bleed, the throne will fall, and the crown will be shattered forever.

Ezra Echelon, lost his family and the entire Echelon sect to the treachery of his former master. Reduced to a shadow of himself and branded as a living trash by the tyrannical Serpent Fang Sect that took over the Echelon sect. Ezra lived a life of torment. But in the darkness of this despair, a mysterious voice awakens a power inside him: the Echelon System. It promised him vengeance and transcendence, pushing Ezra onto a brutal path of strength and self-discovery. Armed with ancestral combat techniques, driven by the fire of revenge, he begins his journey to dismantle the oppressive sects ruling his world. Along with Mira, his trusted student, and Halak, the unlikely ally, Ezra must build a rebellion against a world steeped in corruption. He promises to avenge his sect and also set the world back on a right path of truth and justice